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Yinka Shonibare CBE, Woman Shooting Cherry Blossoms, 2019, Unique fibreglass sculpture, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, bespoke hand-coloured globe, steel, brass, zamak, wood, resin, and silk, 244 x 193 x 436 cm, © Yinka Shonibare CBE, All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2020, Courtesy the artist and Fukuoka City Art Museum

STATEMENT:Woman Shooting Cherry Blossom

Yesterday browsing the international press, I looked again Yinka Shonibare’s CBE solo exhibition “Flower Power” at Fukuoka City Art Museum in Japan. Among the works of the exhibition his new commission for the Museum “Woman Shooting Cherry Blossoms” (2019), touched me deeply. So emerged this column, every Sunday, through a …

Left: Salvo, Primavera, 1988, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm, © Archivio Salvo , Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery-New York and Brussels, Photo: David Regen Center: Salvo, Notte d'inverno, 1995, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, © Archivio Salvo , Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery-New York and Brussels, Photo: David Regen Right: Salvo, Senza titolo, 1988, Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, © Archivio Salvo , Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery-New York and Brussels, Photo: David Regen

ART CITIES:N.York-Salvo

Salvo (Salvatore Mangione) was an Italian artist that transitioned from producing austere sculptures to painting richly colored depictions of the Italian countryside. …

ART CITIES:Paris-Openings

In “Abstracts”, her new solo exhibition, Fiona Rae  shows a new collection of canvas paintings and more intimate works on paper, her …

Borjana Ventzislavova, Wahkohtowin, 2018, HD video, color, 12 min 54 min, courtesy of the artist

ART-PRESENTATION: Petition

In our today’s world nature is both constructed as an idea and threatened in reality. The contemplation of art is being shaped …

John Mason, Crosses, three of a Kind, 2004, © 2004 Estate of John Mason. All rights reserved, Photo: Jeff McLane

ART CITIES:N.York-John Mason

Often cited as a contributor to the revolution in clay John Mason changed the perception of the medium from craft into fine …

Exhibition view: Liu Jianhua, 1342ºC, OCAT Shenzhen, 2019-20, Courtesy OCAT Shenzhen

ART-PRESENTATION:Liu Jianhua-1342ºC

Liu Jianhua is experiments with comprehensive materials. Liu was raised in Ji’an, Jiangxi Province. He spent 14 years living, learning and working …

Christian de Portzamparc, Il y eût les plages, 2019, Pigment ink and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 138 cm, © Christian de Portzamparc, Courtesy the artist and Galerie kamel mennour

ARCHITECTURE:Christian de Portzamparc

A great architect and urban planner Christian de Portzamparc, has reconstructed many districts of French and foreign metropolises and has produced many …